The Antioch Police Department, embroiled in scandal and indictments, dragged its feet on instituting reforms such as body cams that are common elsewhere in the Bay Area.
'It seems like these three have come together and decided to be a gang, a gang of thugs, with badges and guns and launchers and a dog, and they just decided to use all these things to have fun by terrorizing people and hurting people,' former judge says.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The allegations of brutality and bravado among Antioch police officers who shared “gory pics” and vowed “blood for blood” are spelled out over 29 pages in
Nine police officers — five Antioch cops and four from Pittsburg — and one Antioch community service officer were named in four indictments alleging years of suspected misdeeds across East
The allegations filed Thursday are remarkably varied, including everything from alleged college credit scams to racially-motivated police brutality laid out in unabashedly bigoted text messages to steroid distribution.